xlvi, 478 pages ; 24 cm

Selections from "Little Women", "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" and other writings

The rival painters: a tale of Rome -- The rival prima donnas -- The Frost-King: or, The power of love -- The lady and the woman -- Love and self-love -- Hope's debut -- Thrice tempted -- Perilous play -- M.L. -- A night -- The blue and the gray, a hospital sketch -- Dull, but necessary -- At forty -- A modern Mephistopheles, chapters I and XII -- The sisters' trial -- A moder Cinderella: or, The little old shoe -- Merry's monthly chat -- A merry Christmas (Little women) -- Secrets (Little women) -- Literary lessons (Little women) -- The valley of the shadow (Little women) -- A fire brand (Little men) -- Ten years later (Jo's boys) -- Positively last appearance (Jo's boys) -- My boys (Aunt Jo's scrap-bag) -- My girls (Aunt Jo's scrap-bag) -- Eli's education (Spinning-wheel stories) -- A Christmas dream, and how it came true (Lulu's library) -- Pansies (A garland for girls) -- Polly's troubles (An old-fashioned girl) -- Uncles (Eight cousins) -- Coming home (Rose in bloom) -- Jo's last scrape (Jo's boys) -- Transcendental wild oats: a chapter from an unwritten romance -- How I went out to service -- Recollections of my childhood

Includes bibliographical references

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